Laurent Hoffmann and Franck Petricola will make their TT debut as part of the experienced Ice Valley by Motorsave team this year.
Double International Road Race Supersport Champion Hoffmann will step up to the 1000cc class and ride a BMW S1000R in the Superbike, Superstock and Senior races and he will also contest the two Supersport races on a Honda CBR600RR.
Having taken his first title in 2012, the 30-year-old Belgian rider dominated the 2013 IRRC Supersport 600cc Championship on his ZX-6R Kawasaki, never finishing lower than second, indeed only a retirement in the final race of the season at Frohburg spoilt his 100 per cent podium record.
He and team-mates Nico Hautekiet and Jan van Steelandt also finished second in the 600cc class of the Spa-Francorchamps Six-Hour Endurance Race. Petricola, also 30, will be similarly BMW-mounted for the 1000cc races but will also compete in the Lightweight/Supertwin race on an ER6 650cc Kawasaki.
He is another regular in the IRRC Championship and enjoyed his best season last year with 11th overall in the Superbike category. His best result, sixth, came at Chimay and he ended the year strongly with six successive top-10 finishes and took a brace of thirds in the Lightweight races at Horice and Terlicko.
Paul Shoesmith commented: ‘I’ve seen how good Laurent and Franck are up close having raced alongside them in the International Road Race Championship across Europe so I am delighted to be welcoming them to our team for this year’s TT.
‘I’m sure they will both give a good account of themselves. They are both working hard on their circuit knowledge using onboard footage and they gained a lot from a recent visit to the island.’